# Clonezilla Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Clonezilla the right Disk Imaging solution for you? Explore 22 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/170383/Clonezilla/reviews --- Clonezilla 4.7 (22) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/170383/Clonezilla/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of Clonezilla Ease of use 4.0 Customer Service 4.3 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews Marco F Administration, Finance and Control Plant ManagerPharmaceuticals, 1,001 - 5,000 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Powerful and straightforward solution for professional disk cloning.“ June 11, 2020 AG Aaron G OwnerComputer Software, Self-employedUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “Like most cloning software, it is sometimes difficult to clone larger source onto a smaller destination (even if there is room). “ August 6, 2020 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-22 of 22 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Marco F. Administration, Finance and Control Plant Manager Pharmaceuticals Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Total robustness in disk cloning" June 11, 2020 5.0 Powerful and straightforward solution for professional disk cloning. Working with servers and workstation, this piece of software becomes a must in terms of reliability. Clonezilla works at low level on disk blocks to guarantee a 1:1 clone, preserving boot sectors and file structures on any disk. Pros \- Solid kernel and boot process - Any file system supported - Fast and reliable read-write operation - Comprehensive options and setup - Low resource consuming. Good for older hardware. Cons \- Not designed for non experienced users, requires experience and understanding of file systems and boot processes - Old fashion GUI can be surely improved, even keeping the terminal-look for maximum compatibility Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Summer Intern Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A Great Open-Source Drive Tool" October 20, 2020 5.0 While lacking in some functions compared to paid competition and being less pretty, if Clonezilla does what you need it to it's hard to argue with its usability and wonderful price of absolutely free. Pros Clonezilla is a powerful drive tool that allows for backing up, cloning, and partitioning of drives. It boots off of a flash drive, making it independent from the OS of whatever other drives are on the computer. While not especially intuitive, Clonezilla provides powerful tools that have given me little problem, with some safeguards to prevent you from causing harm to your computers. One of my favorite instances of using Clonezilla was recovering a corrupted drive that would not even be detected by other free drive tools. Cons The interface is resembles some of the old DOS interfaces from the 90s, a far cry from more modern interfaces with even mouse support. Clonezilla is not intuitive to use, especially to those who aren't computer savvy. While Clonezilla supports any filesystem and file interface, it displays them using Linux's fileystem. Clonezilla also lacks some features compared to some paid options, such as backup scheduling, and granular backup control. Review Source RL Richard L. Test Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Classic cloning software, tricky to use" August 15, 2019 3.0 Pros A reliable cloning/backup solution and does well to keep the size of cloned disks down. We use it to image Test PCs for easy wiping back to a clean state. Cons The UI is ugly and slow to navigate, making the software more laborious to use than it really should. It may be confusing for users not familiar with Linux, as it refers to disks as 'sda, sdb'. Review Source NP Nicolas P. IT Administrator Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Free, easy to use and have many option" December 6, 2022 5.0 With previously use Norton Ghost but licencing is a pain to deal with and so we try CloneZilla. Free, easy to understand how that work and of course, quick to restore entire rooms PCs (installed into high school to restore PC each new school year) Pros exist in few version (I only use the server edition). That make the job and can beat challenger easely in few option Cons GUI is not very cool and not intuitive but we some time you could easely manage with that Review Source AA Alejandro A. Cybersecurity Manager Architecture & Planning Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Speed up Deployments with Clonezilla" February 1, 2021 5.0 Pros Great tool make computer imaging go fast and it helps to speed up the deployment process. Cons Sometime you might get error or cloning does not work but all you have to do is make sure you have the latest version of clonezilla. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Manager - Technical Services Division Computer Networking Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Quick and easy way to clone drives." September 12, 2018 5.0 Pros It's fast and easy to use. Very fast cloning of hard drives. Cons Interface is not as intuitive as I would like. Review Source LA Leo A. Network Specialist II Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great alternative to Norton Ghost" August 27, 2019 5.0 Open source software is my go to any chance I get. Pros Ease of use is at the top of the list. Second to that is the multiple configuration possibilities... Cons Flawless, have never experienced a problem with Clonezilla. SourceForge provides excellent open source alternatives. Review Source Kerby R. Ceo Food & Beverages Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Amazing partition and disk cloning. " January 17, 2020 5.0 I love the software once a month i clone my harddrive and send it to my cloud. Pros Very easy straight forward partition cloning. Save an exact copy of your desktop for a backup. Even keeps your settings. Cons Honestly there is not much i don't like about this. If you make a mistake or get an error it usually tells you how to fix it. Review Source MM Matt M. IT Support Specialist Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Incredibly useful tool to have at your disposal" September 6, 2018 5.0 We recently purchased new machines to replace a handful of old ones, and they all needed an identical configuration. Clonezilla made it really easy to make an image and deploy it to all the new machines. I saved a lot of time that would have been spent tediously installing software and running configurations on all of them. Pros The software made it quick and easy to get going when I needed it, really helped me speed up the process in migrating to new computers. Cons As far as my use case scenario went, I didn't run into any problems so I have no cons to report. Review Source JV Jon V. Information Technology Field Technician Education Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Clonezilla" July 11, 2019 5.0 Pros What I like most about Clonezilla is how fast I can clone HDD and move to another. Its amazing. Cons When I first started using Clonezilla, there was somewhat of a learning curve. It took a little to understand and be at peace going through the options. First time users may experience the same. Review Source MF Marco F. Ingegnere Elettronico Industrial Automation Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Ottimo per clonare" December 7, 2022 4.0 Complessivamente sono soddidfattissimo del risultato che ottengo quando lo uso, è uno strumento per me indispensabile per il mio lavoro, Con questo software non si commettono errori.. Pros Un software fantasctico per la gestione dei cloni di qualsiasi tipo di pc, il suo lavoro lo fa in modo superlativo sia il salvataggio del clone che il ripristino, dove altri programmi falliscono Clonezilla riesce alla grande Cons La realizzazione dei cloni e dei ripristino è un po' complicato , ma con un po' di attenzione il risultato è una sicurezza Review Source RC Ryan C. System Tech. Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Clonezilla for imaging" May 16, 2019 4.0 I have enjoyed working with this software, but I would probably try something else in the future. Pros I have used Clonezilla for making images of hard drives and producing ISOs. It does a pretty good job. There are many formatting options to choose from and best of all it is free. There are some “paid” versions as well. It works really well in what it is designed for, which is system deployment. Cons It seems to be a little hard to understand at time due to the many options and GUI. Review Source JR Jennifer R. Systems Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Free and easy to use" December 18, 2018 5.0 Pros This is a very easy to setup and use cloning software. It works well and is very reliable. Cons There is nothing I don't like about Clonezilla. Review Source WA Wade A. Software Developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "I have had a great experience with Clonezilla " February 16, 2018 5.0 Great software for cloning hard drives over multiple systems and formats Pros Clonezilla supports multiple file systems which is great as this means it works across multiple platforms. It is extremely efficient when it comes to cloning image files to different formats and over multiple hard drives. It is also affordable and easily when compared to its competitors. Cons Clonezilla does not offer as many features as its competitors and is often a bit slower in terms of the cloning process. Review Source NP Nebojsa P. Network Coordinator Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Drive cloning afordable and easy" May 29, 2021 5.0 If you have a large ammount of drives to clone or backup somewhere, this is the right tool. Pros This product has large support for various file systems, and supports cloning many types of drives. Easy to use and intuitive, does cloning in a flash. Cons Each version adds more options and uses. The hard part would be the use of command line, but an intuitive simple graphic option, makes thing easier. Review Source MW Matthew W. EVP of Technology Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "My go-to for hard drive imaging" March 15, 2019 5.0 Free and effective - what more could you want? Pros It's free and extremely versatile - I use this any time I'm installing a new hard drive and want to image the existing drive onto the new hardware. Works every time, and you can even ignore bad sectors if the original drive is failing and you'd like to recover data. Cons It can be a little daunting at first, but just be patient! Review Source AG Aaron G. Owner Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "So good it should be way more expensive" August 6, 2020 5.0 This has become my go-to imaging software for all new system builds or backups. Pros For being open source software this thing is amazing. Super fast & easy to clone disks & partitions, better than many paid alternatives. Cons Like most cloning software, it is sometimes difficult to clone larger source onto a smaller destination (even if there is room). You can do it with Clonezilla, but takes jumping through a few hoops. Review Source Everton V. Support Analyst Computer Networking Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Computer clones" July 22, 2019 5.0 Clonezilla has been saving us time and work. The ease of migrating content from one hard drive to another with guaranteed operation, makes us use clonezilla whenever necessary. Pros The best tool to clone Windows or Linux computer. In recent times customers are migrating from Sata HD to SSD HDD, Clonezilla makes life easier because it is only necessary to create a clone of the old HD to the new, without having to reinstall everything again. This saves us work and time. Cons There is nothing negative so far to be described. Review Source EV Emiliano V. SSR SRE Computer Software Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Clonezilla easy cloning live-cd" August 16, 2022 4.0 I use it every time i need to clone a OS. Works like a charm. You can create an image from a running system and clone it over the network to all other hosts in the network. Very easy to use. Pros It's super easy to use, you don't need to install. The most important this have a lot of options to copy and clone a disk with success Cons This software don't have cons. You can use it in any place. Review Source DB David B. Computer systems administor Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Create a clone of your computer." July 27, 2018 5.0 Made a perfect clone of my computer Pros It supports many file types so you can clone almost any os with it. It does a good job cloning the computer. There is a good manual to help you learn the software. Cons There is no gui all done threw command line. its a steep learning curve to use. It is a bit slower to clone then other options out there. Review Source NC Nicholas C. Junior Software Engineer Financial Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Worked great when I wanted to install a larger hard drive and move info from old to new hard drive" February 16, 2018 5.0 cloned my hard drive to a larger hard drive no problems Pros Great support on their website on the entire process from beginning to end. Worked like a charm for me. Cons Can be quite confusing in terms of setup for booting for a not so computer smart person but there are guides on everything. Review Source VS Valentin S. Admin Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "An good Alternative to Norton Ghost" July 26, 2021 3.0 \- Clonning pc Pros \- Free - OpenSource - Can copy disk into a network share - Copy an entier disk or partition Cons \- Don't support FTPs - Can be slower has norton ghost - Don't copy into a single file Review Source Similar Products Featured